Paal פָּעַל

Paal (Hebrew פָּעַל, Strong's H6466) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to work”. It occurs 57 times in 56 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Paal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 15:17
  Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

Numbers

• Numbers 23:23
  Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 32:27
  Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

Job

• Job 7:20
  I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
• Job 11:8
  It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
• Job 22:17
  Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
• Job 31:3
  Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
• Job 33:29
  Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
• Job 34:8
  Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
• Job 34:22
  There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
• Job 34:32
  That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
• Job 35:6
  If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
• Job 36:3
  I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
• Job 36:23
  Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
• Job 37:12
  And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Psalms

• Psalm 5:5
  The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
• Psalm 6:8
  Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
• Psalm 7:13
  He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
• Psalm 7:15
  He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
• Psalm 11:3
  If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
• Psalm 14:4
  Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
• Psalm 15:2
  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
• Psalm 28:3
  Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
• Psalm 31:19
  Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
• Psalm 36:12
  There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
• Psalm 44:1
  We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
• Psalm 53:4
  Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
• Psalm 58:2
  Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
• Psalm 59:2
  Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
• Psalm 64:2
  Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
• Psalm 68:28
  Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.
• Psalm 74:12
  For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
• Psalm 92:7
  When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
• Psalm 92:9
  For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
• Psalm 94:4
  How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
• Psalm 94:16
  Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
• Psalm 101:8
  I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
• Psalm 119:3
  They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
• Psalm 125:5
  As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• Psalm 141:4
  Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
• Psalm 141:9
  Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 10:29
  The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
• Proverbs 16:4
  The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
• Proverbs 21:15
  It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
• Proverbs 30:20
  Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

Isaiah

• Isaiah 26:12
  Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
• Isaiah 31:2
  Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
• Isaiah 41:4
  Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
• Isaiah 43:13
  Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
• Isaiah 44:12
  The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
• Isaiah 44:15
  Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

Hosea

• Hosea 6:8
  Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
• Hosea 7:1
  When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

Micah

• Micah 2:1
  Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:5
  Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 2:3
  Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).